Now that I have reviewed my top five survey panels, I thought I would give a mention to a few others that I like. I apologize for the UK bias to this, but this is where I live and I can only review from my own experience:      Panelbase Panelbase offer a consumer related surveys for which you are rewarded in cash. Payout is at £10 which is paid directly into your bank account. The only downside is that surveys are not that frequent (monthly on average). They are one of quicke... Read Full Story

This month has been considerably better than the previous few months, although I am still not making as much progress as I would like. I feel that I have lost a little momentum with my internet marketing efforts - I had hoped to get another couple of campaigns up and running, but I have not achieved this. I started one; I identified my niche, found some great keywords, but then realised that I know nothing whatsoever about the subject. I am happy to learn, but in my present stlightly de-motiv... Read Full Story

Ipsos is another of my favourite survey panels. Ipsos Mori are a respected and well established consumer research company so you can be sure that the survey invites that you participate in are genuine market research. Invites are sent by e-mail and, as you have the opportunity to sign up all members of your household, will be targetted towards the most appropriate person to complete. They tend to focus on consumer issues, so they are generally seeking your views on a particular brand, or on... Read Full Story

Of course at Halloween there are a lot of pumpkins around, but I am always surprised how many people simply carve out their pumpkin lanterns and throw the actual flesh away. After all, you can make pumpkin soup, and.....um.... well I am sure there are lots of other things you can make. Of course, after 31st October pumpkins are very cheap because not many people buy them. Here is the recipe that we use for pumpkin soup: Ingredients: One pumpkin Vegetable stock cube 1 large onion 1 garlic... Read Full Story

Toluna is different from most other survey panels in that the site allows you to register to test products at home. Once you have tested the product you are invited to give your opinion. The site also has a community element to it in that there are polls you can vote on and submit your own polls if you want to. But, as for the surveys, I receive these almost daily, although I do get screened out of many of these. For each survey you will receive points which you can ultimately trade in for... Read Full Story

When we moved to our current house we inherited a hazelnut tree. Hazelnut trees have several trunks and are actually more like a large bush than a tree. The tree that inherited was all but dead apart from one trunk, so we decided to cut it right back, apart from the living trunk, crossed our fingers and hoped. Surprisingly, the tree sprang back to life remarkably quickly and within a year we had our first small small crop of hazelnuts. Every year we have had a few more, but this year the cr... Read Full Story

I have been using Twitter for a while and I am only really just getting the hang of it. However, it has occurred to me recently that my tweets appear somewhat random as I dabble in various areas and have several RSS feeds automatically sending tweets for me. So as a part of my current re-development of Extra Cash Challenge I have decided to create a separate Twitter identity dedicated entirely to making money online and to this blog. This new identity is @XCashChallenge. By following me on... Read Full Story

Back in March this year I told you about how our cat, Molly, had to have a leg amputated after being attacked by a dog. I always intended to do a follow up post to say how she was doing, but somehow never got around to it. Well, here she is now, fully recovered! Despite only having three legs, she is very active and after a few weeks of living as an indoor cat, she has decided to revert to being semi-feral, now spending most of her time outside. So, she is now reunited with her best friend, ... Read Full Story

New Vista, formerly known as It's Your View, is a UK based survey panel. They offer a variety of consumer market research and lifestyle surveys which are easy to complete. Sign up is easy, but restricted to residents of the UK. Although they are not an international panel I have included them in this series because they are one of the best paying - they say that they pay £1 per approximately five minutes spent. This better than most other panels, although the down side is that the payment t... Read Full Story

Global Test Market are an international survey panel who offer regular market research surveys for which you are rewarded with Marketpoints. Once you reach 1000 points you can trade them in for cash - each point is worth $0.05, so 1000 point is $50. The surveys are mixture of views on products, advertising and movies. Like most survey panels you can expect to be screened out of many of the surveys you are offered, the difference here is that you will still receive 5 points if you are not el... Read Full Story